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ستيفين بايفر

Contact: 202.741.6520
Topics: Arms Control; National Security; Russia; U.S. Defense; Ukraine
Programs: Foreign Policy
Centers: Center on the United States and Europe; Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
Projects: Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative

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A firefighter works to extinguish fire at market stalls hit by shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Order from Chaos

Ukraine is the victim. Negotiations should be Kyiv’s decision.

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine - September 21, 2022 - Fighters of the Melitopol separate battalion of Zaporizhzhia TRO currently hold back the enemy in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia Region, south-eastern Ukraine. Photo by Dmytro Smoliyenko/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use Russia.

Order from Chaos

How to respond to Putin’s land grab and nuclear gambit

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Ukrainian servicemen fire a M777 howitzer at a position on a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

Order from Chaos

Russia, Ukraine, and the decision to negotiate

Monday, August 1, 2022

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The South Korea and U.S. alliance fired eight combined surface-to-surface missiles ATACMS into the East Sea in response to North Korea multiple ballistic missile (SRBM) provocation from around 4:45 p.m on June 6, 2022. The allies live-fire exercise involved eight Army Tactical Missile System missiles one American and seven South Korean that were fired into South Koreas eastern waters across 10 minutes following notifications for air and maritime safety, according to South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Forces in Korea. The action demonstrates the capability and readiness to carry out precision strikes against the source of North Korea's missile launches or the command and support centers, the South Korean military said in a statement. (SOUTH KOREA MND/EYEPRESS)

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U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (2nd R) sign the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) at Prague Castle in Prague, April 8, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

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A Russian military investigator works inside a residential building heavily damaged in recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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